Identification-badge



(No Model.)

W. S. RICHARDSON.

IDENTIFICATION BADGE.

(Application filed July 21, 189B.)

Pa t ented Nov. 8, 139a.

INVENTOR 7/425 .0. Ma

ATTORNEY NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIS S. RICHARDSON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IDENTIFICATION-BADGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,723, dated November8, 1898.

Application filed July 21, 1898. Serial No. 686,485. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I,'WILLIS S. RICHARDSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State ofNew Jersey, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Metal Tags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in tags, and more particularly tothat kind or class thereof more especially devised for the purpose ofidentifying a person on or about whom the article may be found.

The object of my invention is to provide an article of this kind, madeentirely of metal, which will not oxidize or corrode, thereby insuringthe safety from obliteration of the marks of identification on the tag.

A further object of my invention is to provide a metal tag the severalparts of which may be easily and readily stamped up with dies, theletters and figures composing part of the same being made entirelyseparate therefrom, in order that the several parts, to: gether with theletters of the alphabet, numbers, and figures, may be made up for stock,thereby necessitating only the assembling of the parts from said stockwhen desiring to fill orders for the tags.

A further object of my invention is to provide a metal tag which can beconveniently carried in the pocket or about the clothing or, if desired,strung and worn around the neck.

With these and other ends in view my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the base or rear plateof the tag. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the ring; Fig. 3, a similar view ofthe inner disk, and Fig. 4 a similar view of the locking rivet oreyelet. Fig. 5 is a View showing the metal pieces having the letters orcharacters stamped therein or thereon and also a blank spacing-piece ofmetal. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the several parts. Fig. 7 is aplan view of the finished tag, and Fig. 8 a sectional View taken on theline 8 8 of Fig. 7.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the base or rear plate of thetag, made of sheet metal and in the form of a disk of any desirable sizeand having its outer edge slightly turned up to form a flange a, thecenter of the disk being provided with an opening I) for the passage ofa hollow rivet or eyelet through it for locking the several partstogether, as hereinafter described.

B represents a thin metal ring of such diameter as will nicely fitwithin the flanged plate A, the inner edge of the ring being turned upto form a flange c, the width of the ring B or, in other words, thespace between the flanges a and 0 when the disk and ring are assembledbeing such as will contain the letters or type C. These type or lettersare made of separate pieces, the letters being stamped up or in themetal, said pieces of metal bearing the letters being made of uniformsize, in order that any predetermined number thereof will be exactlycontained within the space around the outer edge of the tag and betweenthe flanges a and c. In addition to the pieces 0 bearing the letters ofthe alphabet I also make and utilize blank pieces D, also made ofuniform size and of the shape shown, in order to fill the space notoccupied by the pieces bearing said letters. After the rear plate A,ring B, and pieces 0 have been properly assembled the flanges a and care turned inwardly and downwardly upon the pieces 0 and D, therebylocking the several parts together and preventing their separation.

NVithin the ring 13 and resting upon the rear plate A is located asmaller disk E, the outer edge of which is turned upwardly to form aflange e, the central part of the disk being cut out to form an openingf, said disk E being in all material respects similar to the disk Aexcepting in size. After the disk E has been placed inproper position Ithen insert the pieces F, having stamped therein or thereon letters ofthe alphabet, numbers, figures, or other characters to denote, whenproperly arranged, the location, residence, or for giving otherinformation concerning the wearer of the tag, as may be desired, saidpieces F being slightly larger than the pieces 0 and D.- Blank pieces Gmay also be utilized for filling the space within the disk E notoccupied by the other pieces F, after which I pass through the openingsf and I), formed, respectively, in the disks E and A, the hollow rivetor eyelet II, the flange h on one end of which rests upon the inneredges of the pieces F and G, the opposite end of the eyelet II extendingthrough and beyond the disk A, the protruding end after the parts havebeen properly assembled being flanged over upon the rear side of thedisk A, as shown in Fig. 8, thereby locking the disk E to the disk A andthe pieces F and G to and within the said disk E. The flange e of thedisk E is also turned over upon the outer edges of said pieces F and Gfor securely holding the latter in their proper places.

It will be understood, of course, that the locking-rivet II may besolid; but I prefer to use an eyelet or hollow rivet in order that acord or string may be passed through the tag for the purpose of tying itto the clothing or wearing itaround the neck.

It will be seen that in the tag illustrated in the drawings I have showna name arranged in the outer circle and the regiment to which the wearerbelongsin the inner circle; but I would have it understood that I do notlimit myself to any particular lettering, style of lettering, orarrangement thereof or to any information or facts which may be formedby the lettering, as such may be changed or varied to suit theconvenience of the wearer or the information to be imparted by the tag.

From the above it will be understood that the entire article is made ofsheet metal, the several parts of which may be easily and readilystamped up by dies, the letters, numbers, and other characters beingmade entirely separate from the other parts of the article, allowing thesame to be made in large quantities, and from which stock the severalparts may be readily selected and assembled, avoiding the necessity offorming a die for each name to be imprinted upon the tag.

Having fully described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isi l. A metal tag consisting of two flangeddisks, one within the other, and having a flanged ring interposedbetween them, letters or type held in place by said flanges, and a rivetpassing through said disks for holding the parts together, substantiallyas described.

2. In a metal tag, the combination with a flanged disk, of a flangedring inserted within said disk, letters or type held in place by saidflanges, a second flanged disk inserted in said ring, letters or typedisposed within the latter disk, and a rivet passing through the centersof said disks for locking the several parts together,substantially asdescribed.

3. In a metal tag, the combination with a flanged disk A, of the flangedring B, pieces 0, D, held in place by said flanges, flanged disks Elocated within said ring B, pieces F, G, and eyelet II passing throughthe centers of said disks and locking the several parts together,substantially as described.

Signed at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, this19th day of July, A. D. 1898.

WILLIS S. RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

FLORENCE B. Harm, FREDERIC R. PILoH.

